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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Inguran, Llc, Navasota, TX (US);
Inventors:
Johnathan Charles Sharpe, Hamilton, NZ;
Nemanya Sedoglavich, Boston, MA (US);
Blair Morad, Belmont, MA (US);
Donald Francis Perrault, Jr., Brighton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Inguran, LLC, Navasota, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/071 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0612 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to methods for sorting sperm cells in a microfluidic chip. In particular, various steps are incorporated to align and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as, to determining sperm orientation and measure relative DNA content for analysis and/or sorting.